Category: land art
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Discovering Hearts on Lundy
From a heart-shaped cliff to a stone revealed by the tide, a reflective piece on walking and noticing on Lundy Island
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Walking Paths on Lundy Island: Routes, Roaming, and Reflection
Walking the paths of Lundy Island reveals a landscape shaped by weather, animals, and repeated footsteps. From historic routes to fading tracks, this post reflects on freedom to roam and how paths echo the journeys we take through life.
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The Path to Avalon
August 2020 – a time when COVID restrictions had not yet fully eased. Weekends away had to be in the UK. Having grown used to solitude we thought a pilgrimage could be an interesting thing to do. So we delved into a book titled ‘Pilgrim Pathways’ by Andy Bell. This book features short pilgrimages that…
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Exploring Lundy’s Hidden Granite Punchbowl
Although I have been living on Lundy for over three years now and visiting for many more, I have never known of the existence of the granite punchbowl. I knew of Punchbowl valley just West of Pondsbury, but considered it a feature of the terrain. This all changed as when on one of my participatory…
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A Beltane Walk to the Standing Stones of Lundy
Exploring the standing stones of Lundy Island during a Beltane walk focused on ritual, mapping, and embodied sensory experience
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The Granite Track on Lundy Island: Walking, Texture and Ground Underfoot
A reflective walk along the Granite Track on Lundy Island, exploring texture, geology and the experience of moving across ground.
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Exploring Bensons Cave: History and Graffiti
Down below the Castle, which was built by Henry III, two paths merge, and there you find Bensons Cave. It is believed this cave is about the same age as the Castle. It bears the name Bensons Cave, from the notorious Devon MP. Who In 1747 obtained a contract from the Government to transport English…
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Lundy Art Trail
August saw the first ever Lundy Art Trail. The original date had to be canceled and a rescheduled date, meant a slight change to the artist group. All were excited and some had never been to Lundy before. The artists (whose biogs are detailed below) painted at three/four different locations around the South of the…
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Wild Weaving Blair Witch
One of my weavings featured in Wild weaving is on the Beach Road. It is situated in the trees, just as you turn the bend into the sheltered Millcombe Valley. This weaving was woven at the end of 2022 and has now been there for nearly 8 months, it is still completely intact. This has…
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